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Shazada Dawood once survived plane crash-like incident, says his wife

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The five-member crew on the missing submersible Titan was declared dead late Thursday as the OceanGate Expedition-owned vessel lost contact with its mothership Sunday after descending into the ocean to take a closer look at the famous Titanic shipwreck sitting at the seabed.

According to the US Coast Guard, the debris found near the Titanic shipwreck site was consistent with the “catastrophic implosion” of the submersible.

As the news spread through the world, the story of a Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood — who was among the crew members including his 19-year-old son —has gained considerable traction on the internet.

According to his wife Christine Dawood’s blog post, she wrote on Next Step Now, Dawood had survived a terrifying deep plunge on a plane in an incident that took place in 2019.

Christine wrote: “I should have known when they cancelled our flight and put us on the next one. We should have taken the sign, gone back home and had a long and generous breakfast.”

“But we didn’t, and this flight became one of the most memorable ones of my life,” she said without identifying the journey.

She described the terrifying account of the plane taking a “deep plunge” that had passengers letting out “one simultaneous cry, which turned to a whimper and then silence”.

Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood with his 19-year-old son Suleman who was also declared dead Thursday in the submersible tragedy. — Family handout
Pakistani tycoon Shazada Dawood with his 19-year-old son Suleman who was also declared dead Thursday in the submersible tragedy. — Family handout

“I clutched my armrests as if that would make a difference. I needed something to hold on to, something stable in a shaky metal tube thousands of feet above the ground,” Christine added.

They encountered multiple violent plunges during the flight that left her feeling “like a grain in a big bag of sand”.

She also underlined that her husband Shahzada Dawood, a seasoned traveller and adventurer, was also scared.

“I’ve read many times that people start to pray in such situations or that their life flashes by like a movie. My husband told me later that he was thinking of all the opportunities he’d missed and how much he still wanted to teach our children,” she wrote.

“As the plane turned, my side lifted forcing me to look down to my left. My husband faced me, our eyes locked and our hands interlinked. No words were needed. He was as scared as I was and yet we were together. ‘Until death do…’ No, don’t go there!”

Though the plane landed on the ground safe and sound the experience was something that she said she “couldn’t forget for a long time.”

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Green Impact Mission in GB: Rakaposhi Camp Cleanup Campaign Organized by Serena Hotels

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The Green Impact Mission at Rakaposhi Base Camp was effectively completed by Serena Hotels.

At Rakaposhi Base Camp, one of Gilgit-Baltistan’s most well-liked tourist sites, the project sought to solve the growing garbage problem.

50 volunteers, including sherpas and climbers, participated in the cleanup effort. To maintain the basecamp’s natural beauty, the crew put in endless effort to remove trash from it. In order to encourage future guests to dispose of their waste responsibly, ten sturdy trash cans were also placed across the property.

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Indicating Pakistan’s Dedication to the SCO Agenda: Jam Kamal

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Pakistan is dedicated to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Agenda, according to the Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, who stated that the SCO is playing a significant role in regional cooperation.

Jam Kamal, while speaking at the World Trade Organization (SCO) Trade Ministerial gathering in Islamabad, stated that Pakistan is an important member of the SCO and that it is a pleasure for us to host its gathering.

We are aggressively trying to modernize our infrastructure, improve regulatory frameworks, and establish an atmosphere that is suitable to business, as he stated that the SCO Region has a significant potential for both commercial and economic exchange.

According to him, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Region is home to a big amount of the world’s population as well as some of the world’s economies that are expanding at the fastest rates. This region also hosts a significant portion of the world’s people.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) 23rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Foreign Economic and Trade Activities is now being held in Pakistan.

In the course of the Council of Heads of Government Meeting, which is slated to take place in Islamabad on October 15-16, 2024, the conclusions of this meeting will be discussed.

Sunil Bharatwal, who is India’s Deputy Minister of Commerce, gave a short speech at the conference.

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The president approves the addition of thirty PHC judges, up from the previous twenty.

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A sizeable increase in the number of judges to be appointed to the Peshawar High Court has been sanctioned by President Asif Ali Zardari.

The number of judges has been increased from twenty to thirty and this change was made in order to address the growing backlog of cases and to improve the efficiency of the judicial system.

Regarding this matter, the notification from the Presidency has been distributed.

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